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The flu has forced schools to shut down in some states

Last week, President Trump ordered the Secretary of Homeland Security to expand immigration detention at Naval Station Guantánamo Bay, Cuba to house up to 30,000 people. Since then, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has transferred at least two flights of migrants from the United States to its detention facility there. Immigration detention at Guantánamo […]

The post Sending Migrants to Guantánamo Bay Is a Costly, Abusive Shift in Immigration Detention appeared first on Immigration Impact.

The Expropriation Act allows the South African government to seize land, in the name of public interest, with or without compensation. Its purpose is to repossess land and distribute it to address what the government refers to as historical injustices.

Part of the aircraft hits a bus, injuring one woman inside

There is no missing or laundered U.S. aid to Ukraine. Congress allocated $174 billion for U.S. weapons manufacturing, military and nonmilitary support in Ukraine, and regional assistance as intended.

At least five US intelligence agencies say they are offering most of their employees the Trump administration’s deferred resignation package

By Laila Khan and Raul Pinto On his first day in office, President Donald Trump issued an executive order aimed at ending birthright citizenship for babies of undocumented immigrants and for people with temporary status in the U.S. Executive Order 14156: Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship departs from over 125 years of […]

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The 3-year-old girl died from dehydration aboard a boat that was adrift for six days without adequate supplies of food and water

U.S. President Donald Trump says he wants to make the United States the cryptocurrency capital of the world. He is putting his plan into place in the early weeks of his second presidential term. VOA's Michelle Quinn has the story.

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The White House expects continuity on security cooperation to deter China and North Korea

Envoy says US plans to double down on sanctions

Nearly six-in-ten Americans (59%) say they approve of Trump increasing efforts to deport people who are living in the U.S. illegally.

The post What Americans think about Trump’s immigration actions early in his second term appeared first on Pew Research Center.

Ukrainian restaurateur Igor Avramenko learned to love the hamburger business while living in the U.S. state of California. So, he decided to open a burger joint in Ukraine. And just like Ukraine, his business is surviving. Anna Kosstutschenko has the story. Videographer: Pavel Suhodolskiy

They discuss alternate sources of funding and self-sufficiency

The U.S. Postal Service announced Tuesday that it was suspending acceptance of inbound packages from China and Hong Kong, then reversed that decision Wednesday. VOA’s Steve Herman reports.

Aa cold snap that probably increased seasonal layoffs in the Midwest and Northeast occurred late in January and won’t register in government jobs data until the February numbers

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says 'there should be no negotiations with such a government' but doesn't issue a direct order not to engage with Washington

The USAID freeze has had a direct impact on the al-Hol camp in northeast Syria, where 90% of the funding for organizations working in the camp depends on USAID. The camp administrator said that if aid is cut and no solution is found, the camp will get out of control, which would threaten the security of the region as a whole. Click here for the full TV story in Kurdish.